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Thursday, 9 August 2012

Officiating Director's Russia visit along with courtier couple under question

LOK SABHA

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List of Questions for WRITTEN ANSWERS

Thursday, August 9, 2012/Sravana 18, 1934 (Saka)

Officers Visiting Abroad

408. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

(a) the details of officers in the Ministry and various departments and undertakings as well as institutions under it who have visited abroad each year during the last three years and as on date along with the names of the countries visited and the number of days of stay;

(b) the funds spent on the same by the Government;

(c) whether there has been any misuse of the funds; and

(d) if so, the steps taken by the Government for recovering the misappropriated funds?

It is learnt that Officiating Director's Russia visit along with courtier couple was not approved and under question?

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) Mohali, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Volgograd State Medical University. The endeavor is neither discussed nor approved by Board of Governors of NIPER Mohali, before signing MoU. Department of pharmaceuticals was also in dark about the MoU.